From Middle Irish cíallmar. By surface analysis, ciall (“sense”) + -mhar.
ciallmhar (genitive singular masculine ciallmhair, genitive singular feminine ciallmhaire, plural ciallmhara, comparative ciallmhaire)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ciallmhar | chiallmhar | ciallmhara; chiallmhara² | |
| Vocative | chiallmhair | ciallmhara | ||
| Genitive | ciallmhaire | ciallmhara | ciallmhar | |
| Dative | ciallmhar; chiallmhar¹ |
chiallmhar; chiallmhair (archaic) |
ciallmhara; chiallmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos ciallmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is ciallmhaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ciallmhar | chiallmhar | gciallmhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||